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Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Good morning everyone, I can’t believe we are already half way through the passion for promarkers Mega Christmas challenge!! It is time for design team 2 to share their samples with you so I have a card to show you this week. Don’t forget you have until 4th January 2011 to enter and you can submit as many cards/projects as you like. You are certainly keeping the design team busy, we have had lots of gorgeous entries already!! Here is my card:

My mother asked me to make a 90th birthday card for her friend and so I decided to combine the two. I’ve used a super cute digi image by CC designs called ‘Rosalie with roses’ and the finished card is A5 in size. I really like the colour scheme and I thought it was a little more subtle for a 90 year lady.

We have lots of gorgeous prizes up for grabs and in case you missed the original post here is a little reminder:

Letraset are generously offering a set of 40 promarkers in specific craft colours stored in two promarker wallets – fab eh!

if that wasn’t enough - they are also offering a 25% discount to everyone on any order placed on their site during the challenge period using code PRO25 (excluding sale items)!!

Please pop over and check out the samples from design team 2 as they are stunning as usual. Sadly it is also their final set of cards for 6 months as they now leave us for their DT break (sob!!!). Don’t forget we will be back with a brand new challenge on 4th January 2011 and design team 1 will be back for their 6 months ‘active duty’.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

I’ll be back later to update this bit lol!

I hope you are all bearing up under the strain of this awful weather we are having at the moment. I am so far behind now it is not funny!! I still have presents to buy and wrap and I still haven’t written my Christmas cards!! I think lots of my relatives will be having IOU’s instead of presents this year lol! I’m sure lots of people are in the same situation though so I won’t be the only one. Whatever you are up to today please stay safe and warm. Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: cc designs – ‘Rosalie with roses’ digi

Papers: SU elegant soiree designer paper, SU soft suede cardstock

Tools: promarkers, MS butterfly punch, oval and circle nesties, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment created on the pc

Monday, 20 December 2010

Hello I’m back again to share my DT card for today’s new challenge over at cupcake craft challenge. This week the lovely Victoria has set the theme and she has chosen “thank you”. It was a nice change to make something other than Christmas cards. Here is my card:

I was lucky enough to be given an image by Tickled Pink Stamps to use on my card and this lovely lady is called ‘Lylah’. I have distressed all the edges of my papers and chalked around the image, sentiment and flowers.

This challenge will last for two weeks and ends on 3rd January 2011. We have two sponsors this week – firstly we have The Creative Cottage who are offering a £10.00 gift voucher to one lucky winner.

Secondly we are being sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps and they are offering either 2 digi’s or 1 rubber stamp to the lucky winner. As you can see their images are gorgeous and really quirky.

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards once again this week, so I hope you will have the time to pop over and check them out. We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I haven’t got time to list all my supplies but I will pop back later and do that. I will also find out what challenges I can fit my card into lol!

Once again have a warm and safe Monday, don’t venture out unless you really have to (like me unfortunately!). Thanks for stopping by today.

Good morning friends, I’m here to share my card for this week’s Stamp with Fun challenge. This week we have a lovely sketch by Tina46 to use and shock horror I made another Christmas card lol! I cannot believe it will be the ‘big day’ in 5 days, I am not at all prepared. I still have presents to buy and wrap and cards to write and deliver. So no pressure then haha! Here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

I have used a super cute image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘Chloe and xmas tree’ and it is currently reduced in price to just £1.00. Even if you’ve finished all your cards for this year why not pick up a bargain in readiness for next year’s cards. I’m definitely making myself start earlier next year and may even start straight away whilst I’ve got all my supplies to hand (I know I probably said this last year too lol!). I thought this cute image fitted in with the pastel colour scheme really well.

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous samples once again this week so please pop over and take a look. We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I am a little pressed for time at the moment so I will add the ingredient list and any challenges I can enter my card into later.

I hope you have a wonderful Monday and stay wrapped up warm. I will be back later with my DT card for cupcake craft challenge. Thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Hello everyone, I’m really sorry for the long absence since my last post! I’m back to share with you another favourite track for Marcea’s ‘Music Saves My Soul’. This week I have gone for another oldie and have chosen a song by the mega band Heart (and to be honest I could have chosen so many as I really love their music). However the song I have gone for this week is “what about love” and I have to say her voice is stunning and I really love their “big hair” lol! I hope you will have time to share one of your favourite songs.

I also wanted to remind you that the Passion for Promarkers challenge is running until 4th January and the theme is “anything goes”. We’ve had a massive response already, but you can enter as many times as you like until the challenge ends. We will be posting new samples from team 2 on Tuesday so pop back and take a look – there will also be a card from me!

Also the theme over at charisma cardz challenge is ‘new year’ and ends on Thursday so still plenty of time to enter that challenge too. I had a DT holiday last week (which means a week off) but I will be back again this week with a new card on Thursday.

I am so behind with everything at the moment. I have eventually trimmed up (thanks to my eldest son for all his help with that) but I still haven’t written my cards or bought all my pressies and with the amount of snow we’ve had since Friday that is going to be prove more difficult now. Oh well some people will have to make do with money this year I think!! Here are two pictures taken on Friday after the first lot of snow we had:

I hope you enjoy the remainder of the weekend and if you have to go and about please take care. Thanks for stopping by.

Monday, 13 December 2010

Hello again, I’m back to share my card for this week’s Cupcake Craft challenge. The challenge this week has been set by the lovely Liza and she has chosen ‘non traditional Christmas"’ so another easy one for you! I’m not entirely happy with my card but I would appreciate your thoughts on it. Here is my card:

I have used a super cute digi image from Meljen’s called ‘cosy mittens’ and for a change I’ve cut around it. I’ve also added lots of stickles to the cuff so that it’s lovely and sparkly.

Our sponsor this week is Meljen’s designs and the lucky winner will receive 4 digis of their choice from their online store. They have so many gorgeous images you will be spoilt for choice.

Don’t forget we also have our cupcake madness and our sponsor for December is Wild Rose Studio who are offering the lucky winner 2 gorgeous stamps (‘Kira’ and ‘Milton with teddy’. The only rule is that you have to enter two or more challenges during the month – which is easy peasy right?

The rest of my teamies have created stunning samples once again this week, so please pop over and check them out. We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us.

Good morning everyone, have you finally recovered from watching the x-factor last night lol! I haven’t really watched much of it this year but I was gripped last night and was gutted that Rebecca didn’t win, although I’m sure she’ll do ok from it. I thought Take That were brilliant (although Robbie was his usual hyper self).

Anyway enough of that……. I’m here to share my DT card for this week’s Stamp with Fun challenge. This week we have a super easy theme for you “Christmas” which is ideal if you’re anything like me and have left your cards so last minute. I have used an image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘winter Beau’ and this along with two other images are the ‘offer of the month’ for December – so now is the ideal time to pick it up for a fantastic price. Here is my card:

Isn’t she so pretty. I’m sorry my photos are not the best once again – her coat isn’t such a deep colour IRL. My mother asked me to make a card for her friend for Christmas so I hope so likes the colour scheme! The finished card is A5 in size.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out. We really appreciate all your lovely comments.

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I can’t wait to see what you create. Don’t forget I’ll be back later with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge. Until then thanks for stopping by.

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Hi everyone, just a quick post from me today. It’s Saturday so that means it’s time for Marcea’s “music saves my soul”. This week I have chosen an old song (yet again) by Aqua called “turn back time”. Now I know some of you may be surprised that I’m choosing something by Aqua but this song is really beautiful and so different from their “Barbie girl”……… take a listen and I’m sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

I can’t wait to hear what you all share this week. Sorry it’s a fleeting visit today but I’m busy with Christmas cards (groan!!).

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Good morning everyone, well the week is whizzing by again, so I’m here to share my DT project for this week’s charisma cardz challenge. This week Allison has set the theme and she has chosen “Christmas gift” so get your thinking caps on and join in the fun. I decided to make a bottle tag as I usually buy my BIL a bottle of something for Christmas. Here is my project:

I used a gorgeous Lili of the Valley image called ‘James bear – in the snow’. I’ve never made one of these bottle tags before but they are so simple to do I will definitely be making more for upcoming birthdays etc.

We have two sponsors this week. Firstly we have Make It Crafty and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their store.

Our second sponsor is Tellen’s Place and one lucky winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to spend in their etsy store.

The rest of the DT have made lots of wonderful Christmas gift items, so why not pop over and take a look. We really appreciate your lovely comments.

Well that’s all for me today. I hope you will find the time to enter our challenge. I know it’s a busy time of year but if you’re anything like me you’ve still got loads of Christmas cards and gifts to make!! Have a wonderful Thursday and thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Good morning everyone. This week over at passion for promarkers challenge we have a very special Mega Christmas challenge which will last until 4th January 2011. The design team have worked so hard over the year that we’ve decided to give them a little break during this busy time. For our last challenge of 2010 we are making it easy on you – the theme is “anything goes”, so as long as you use your promarkers or aqua markers you will be in with a chance of winning our amazing prizes. Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like.

We’ve asked team 1 and team 2 to make samples for this challenge, but we are showing them separately. Team 1 are showing their creations this week and team 2 will be showing their creations in two week’s time. Now technically myself and Michele are in both teams, so Michele is sharing her card this week and I will be showing my card the next time.

However to make up for such a long break we have some amazing prizes once again. Here is what is up for grabs:

Letraset are generously offering a set of 40 promarkers in specific craft colours stored in two promarker wallets – fab eh!

if that wasn’t enough - they are also offering a 25% discount to everyone on any order placed on their site during the challenge period using code PRO25 (excluding sale items)!!

I hope you will be able to find the time to enter our challenge for a chance to win these fantastic prizes. Don’t forget to check back later to find out the lucky winners of the blog hop and special challenge.

Now I couldn’t do a post today without sharing a card could I and actually as our theme is “anything goes” surprisingly my card fits lol!! It’s another Christmas card (as I’m so far behind in making them) and it’s using a gorgeous digi image from Whimsy Stamps called ‘classic Santa’. Here is my card:

I really like the crisp, clean feel to this card and am quite happy with the finished result (which is a nice change lol).

Monday, 6 December 2010

Hello again everyone, I’m back to share my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge. This week the lovely Shelly has set our theme and she has chosen “little red robin” so basically you must include a robin on your card somewhere! I recently got a gorgeous new digi from whimsy stamps and really wanted to use it, so although she isn’t technically holding a robin, I’ve coloured it as one lol! Here is my card:

Isn’t she just a beautiful image and I think my bird looks ok as a robin haha!

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and the lucky winner will receive a $20.00 voucher plus free shipping – I know I say it every time but I am so jealous!

Don’t forget we also have our cupcake madness and for the month of December we have Wild Rose Studio as our sponsor and they are offering the lucky winner two stamps – Kira and Milton with teddy (see pics below). Don’t forget to be in with a chance of winning these two gorgeous stamps you just need to enter two of our challenges during the month.

The rest of my cupcake teamies have created stunning cards once again this week to give you some inspiration, so please pop over the challenge blog to check them out. We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

About Me

I am a 50 year old mum of two boys aged 23 & 21. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 24 years and work part-time at my local hospital. We have recently lost our cat Daisy but still have our super cute Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Reggie!